Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 45,561, James Goold, N.H.

SERVICE
NUMBER
N. H.
Goold, James
S. 45,561
CONTENTS

34 62
New Hampshire Roll
James Goold (Senior) Lieutenant New Hampshire Line
In the army of the United States during the Revolutionary War.
Inscribed on the Roll of New Hampshire at the rate of 20 Dollars per month, to commence on the 31 st of March 1818.
Certificate of Pension issued the 10 th of October 1818 and delivered to Edward Evans at Washington City.
  Arrears to 4th of Sept r 1818  102.66    Semi-ann. all cs ending 4 th March 1818  120.00    5 mos - 10     1/2 - 6:25     4 - 1.66      222.66  
{ Revolutionary claim, } { Act 18th March, 1818. }
19 years 3 mos 1776-77
Continued
Col. Goold Hanover
Proven

1835 March 16 - History to Hanover N. H.
Not for sent G.P. Mimms. Hanover, Sept. 17 July 1820

James Gove
Honor, Ms 2.6.2
3. 462. 10 Oct. 1818
Continued
Mar 1819

State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss. At the Court of Common Pleas being a court of record by law established, held at Hanover within and for said county of Grafton on the first Tuesday of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Present the honorable
Ezra Bartlett } Judges Daniel Blaisdell }
Personally appeared in open court James Goold aged seventy eight years resident in Hanover in said county who being duly sworn according to law doth on his oath declare that he served in the revolutionary war as follows viz a Lieutenant in Capt John House's company and Col. Joseph Gillis regiment in the New Hampshire line that his Original declaration is dated 31 st day of March 1818 and that he has received a pension and his pension certificate is numbered 3,462 — And I do solemnly swear that I was a resident citizen of the United States on the eighteenth day of March 1818 and that I have not since that time by gift sale or in any manner disposed of my property or any part thereof with intent thereby so to diminish it as to bring myself within the provisions of an act of Congress entitled an act to provide for certain persons engaged in the land and naval service of the United States in the Revolutionary war passed on the 18 th day of March 1818 and that I have not nor has any person in trust for me any property or securities contracts or debts due to me nor have I any income other than what is contained in the schedule hereto annexed. And by me subscribed I further declare I am by occupation a shoe maker but perfectly unable to work at my trade or to do any labour whatever and have not land to bury me on of my own & live on the mercy of the people and dependant on my country's bounty for my support I have no children at home

with me my wife is aged 74 years and very inform our our age will account for it. And have & have had noth- ing to live upon but what my nation has given me for many years as a wounded Soldier in the Revolu- tionary war as reference to my Original papers will appear & humbly pray for a continuance of my countrys pension James Goold
Hanover July 3 d 1820 At the request of Lieut James Goold we have this day appraised the following property of his & certify that in our opinion they are worth what they are valued at & no more
   To wit 1 Shoat 80 lb @ 4 c / lb 3.20   1 Old desk 2 lb / 3.50   1 broken 3 pair Kettles 3 c / 50   1 Tea Kettle & Small Iron Pot 2 c / 1.50   One Small lathe 6 c / 1.00   Peuter & brookery ware 12 c / 2.00   1 pair Old shovel & Tongs 6 c / 1.00   two Chairs 9 c / 1.50   one looking Glass & p air bellows Old 1.00   one ax one Hoe & shave 10 c / lb 1.75   one Old broken cutter 12 c / 2.00   One pair Old iron dogs 3 c / 50   1 Iron Candletick & two Tin do 2 c / 3 38   $ 20.23  
James Goold
We are well acquainted with Lieut James Goold do verily believe the above to be a true inventory of his property & having seen the same do verily believe that the prices affixed is the real value
William W. Poole
Grafton July 4. 1820
Dan Parker
Sworn to before me G. Woodward Jus Peace

Sworn to and declared on this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty
Rollwoodward Clerk
State of New Hampshire
Grafton ss.
I George Woodward Clerk of the Court of Common Pleas for said county of Grafton do hereby certify that the foregoing Oath and Schedule thereto annexed are truly copied from the record of said court And I do further certify that it is the opinion of said court that the total amount in value of the property exhibited in the Schedule thereto annexed is twenty dollars twenty three cents
In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said Court on this fourth day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred & twenty
Rollwoodward Clerk

" James Goold
Correct
He appears always pensioned for & alone

State of New Hampshire
On this thirty first day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighteen and of the independence of the United States the forty second before me William H. Woodward Chief Justice of the Courts of Common Pleas for the second district in said State comprising the county of Grafton came James Good of Hanover in said county a citizen of the United States and being duly sworn made solemn oath that the declaration hereto annexed by him subscribed is just and true. The declaration aforesaid being made in order to obtain the provisions made in and by an act of the Congress of the United States approved on the eighteenth day of March current. The said James Good declaring that he has now in his power no other evidence of his said services.
I do therefore hereby certify that it appears to my satisfaction that the said James Good served as an Officer on the Continental establishment in the army of the revolution against the common enemy for a longer term than nine months at one period of the war. And do also from my personal knowledge certify that the said James Good is poor & in need of his country's assistance for support. And I do accordingly transmit the declaration & testimony aforesaid thereunder annexed to the Secretary of the War Department as the law requires.
Witness my hand and the seal of said court (no particular impression or device therefor having been adopted or used by said court) at Hanover in said county the day & year before written
Wm H Woodward

I James Goold of Hanover in the county of Grafton and state of New Hampshire on oath declare that I was commissioned and served as a Lieutenant in the Continental Army of the Revolutionary War - that I belonged to the line of New Hampshire troops, to the Regiment commanded by Colonel Gilley, and to the Company commanded by Capt. John House - that I entered the Army on the Continental Establishment having been commissioned as aforesaid in the month of June 1776 at the White Plains - that I served as aforesaid until the 19th day of September 1777 when I was wounded by a shot through the body - that after lying in the hospital at Albany more than four months I had leave to return home and to remain there until called for - that I have never been called for - that I have never received any other discharge from the Army - and that I have by some means unknown to me lost my aforesaid Commission out of my possession.
I further declare that on account of my wound as aforesaid I have received since Decr 14th 1786 a pension of four pounds per month - that the instrument above annexed is the original certificate by which I have received said pension - that I am destitute of property - and that my pension aforesaid is the only means of support which I possess.
I hereby renounce my claim to the pension before mentioned allowed by the laws of the United States.
James Goold
James Goold
State of New Hampshire
March 31 st 1818
Grafton ss. March 31. A.D. 1818 Then personally appearing the said James Goold made solemn oath that the above deposition by him subscribed is true -
Before me
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas for the Western Circuit.

O. W. & N. Division.
P. S.
84 5561
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
Bureau of Pensions,
M.E.C.
Washington, D. C., April 29, 1895.
Madam:-
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of James Goold a soldier of the REVOLUTIONARY WAR, you will find below the desired information as contained in his (or his widow's) application for pension on file in this Bureau.
   DATES OF ENLISTMENT OR APPOINTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE.   CAPTAIN. COLONEL.     In June, 1776, he was commissioned a lieutenant in Capt. John House's Co., Col. Joseph Gilley's New Hampshire Regt., and served until September 19, 1777, when he was shot through the body; remained in the hospital at Albany about 4 months and then returned home and did not again enter the service.  
Battles engaged in, Probably the battle of Stillwater.
Residence of soldier at enlistment, Probably, Hebron, N. H.
Date of application for pension, March 31, 1818.
Residence at date of application, Hanover, N. H.
Age at date of application, Seventy-six years.
Remarks: For the wound above mentioned he received a disability pension from December 14, 1786.
Very respectfully, Mrs. Frank Cushman,
17 White St.,
East Boston, Mass.
Commissioner.

State of New Hampshire This may certify that James Gould served as a Lieutenant in Col. Gilley's regiment, & that he has produced sufficient evidence that, while in the service of the United States, he received a wound thro' his body, by which he is so far disabled as to be entitled in our opinion, to a pension of four pounds per month.
Exeter, 14. Dec. 1786.
Joseph Gilman
Samuel Tenney
Committee

Sept 15. 1787
Payment made to 31 July 1787 Nov 22 1788 payment made to 31 July 1790
One year paid by the United States Vir. from 4 th day of March 1789 to the 5 th day of March 1790
Goold, James N.H. 545561
Sept 15. 1787

WAR DEPARTMENT.
REVOLUTIONARY CLAIM.
I CERTIFY That, in conformity with the Law of the United States, of the 18th of March, 1818,
James Goold late a Lieutenant in the Army of the Revolution, is inscribed on the Pension List, Roll of the New Hampshire Agency, at the rate of Twenty dollars per month, to commence on the Thirty-first day of March one thousand eight hundred and eighteen.
GIVEN at the War Office of the United States, this Tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and Eighteen
J. C. Calhoun
Secretary of War.

45,564 Jas Gould
Appointed Mar 31, 1818 Honours N.S.K. 176
In Jan 1776 Capt. Dutton Cal. City sent till Sept 19, 77 when wounded by a shot through the body & did not serve further
He recd an invalid pension on a p. of said wrd for Dec 14, 1786 of 4 pounds per mth.

Occupation Shoemaker James Gould Sen r In Mar 1818 of Hanover NH aged He was Comfi d as etc in Jun 1776 in Capt John House Co in Colo Joseph Celly's Regt at White Plains & Served there until Sep 19 1777 when he was wounded by a shot through the body & after lying in the Hospital at Albany more than 4 mos he had "leave to return home & remain there until called for that "I have never been called for" "on account of my wound "I have rec d since Dec 4. 1786 a pension of 4 pounds per month & the instrument annexed is the original certificate by which I have rec d said pension"
State Copy State of N.H. - (see original)
In July 1820 he states his age as 78 yrs & his wife aged 74 years - no children at home

J. N. P. O. W. and N. Division.
Department of the Interior, BUREAU OF PENSIONS,
Washington, D. C., May _____, 1893.
Sir
In reply to your request for a statement of the military history of James Gould, Sen., a soldier of the Revolutionary War, you will please find below the desired information as contained in his application for pension on file in this Bureau.
DATES OF ENLISTMENT. LENGTH OF SERVICE. RANK. OFFICERS UNDER WHOM SERVICE WAS RENDERED. STATE. CAPTAIN. COLONEL. June 1776 Lt John House Joseph Cilley N.H. wounded thro' the body Sept 19, 1777 for which he received a pension for disability from December 14, 1786
Battles engaged in not stated, yet the first Stillwater battle was Sept 19, 1777 when wounded
Residence of soldier at enlistment, not stated
Date of application for pension, March 1818
Residence at date of application, Hanover, Grafton Co N.H.
Age at date of application, in July 1820 stated as 78 years
Remarks: His statement very brief-
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.
Mr Edward R. Gould Rockland Knox Co. Maine

C.W. Inv. 45561
RECEIVED MAY 24 1893
[Faint handwritten signature or initials]

OFFICE OF REGISTER OF PROBATE, KNOX COUNTY, MAINE. EDWARD K. GOULD, REGISTER.
Rockland, Me., May 20, 1893 189
Hon. Wm. Lochren, Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, D.C.
Sir:
Will you kindly supply me from the files of the Pension office the following information: XXX James Gould of Groton, (anciently called Cockermouth) Grafton county, New Hampshire, was a pensioner in 1830, for service in 1st N.H. Continental line (Gilley's Reg't) War of the Revolution. When did he die and where?
It is important that I have this information and I am willing to pay for same.
Yours respectfully,
Edward K. Gould.

OW Inav. H55-61
Rockland, Me., Mar 31, 1893.
Hon. Com. of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Sir:
In 1830 there was borne upon the pension rolls of revolutionary soldiers, 1st Lieut James Gourd of Cockermouth, (now Grotton) Grafton Co., N.H., of Col. Kelley's 1st N.H. Continental line. Can you tell me from your records when he died, and whether his place of residence was ever changed from Cockermouth (or Grotton) since 1830 to time of his death.
Also was Moses Gourd of Freedom, District of Maine, Commonwealth of Mass., a pensioner of the War of 1812. He died in June, 1864.
Yours truly,
Edward K. Gould
No 1812 Soldiers rec d pension prior to 1864 except for disability

45561
Rev INVALID.
File No. 45561
James Good
Lieut Rev War
Act: 18 March 1818
Index:—Vol. 3, Page 202
[Arrangement of 1870.]

1893. May 24. Hirt. to Edw. A. Gould, Rockland Me.
Apr. 28/1893. (Mid Hist. to Mrs. Frank 17 White St. E. Boston Mass. Cincinnati, Me.)
Jan'y 26-1900 with Capt. W. J. Parlin Chicago Ill.